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Jess De Silva
I have made visualizations viewed by hundreds of thousands of people1, sped up query times for 25 terabytes of data by an average of 4,800 times2, and built packages for R3 that let you do magic4.
Education
PhD. Candidate, Biostatistics
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
2020 - 2015
- Focused on network models & interactive visualization platforms for electronic health records data
- University Graduate Fellow
B.S., Mathematics, Statistics (minor C.S.)
University of Vermont
Burlington, VT
2015 - 2011
- Thesis: An agent based model of Diel Vertical Migration patterns of Mysis diluviana
Industry Experience
I have worked in a variety of roles ranging from journalist to software engineer to data scientist. I like collaborative environments where I can learn from my peers.
Software Engineer
RStudio
Remote
Current - 2020
- Helping make programming web applications with R easier and more beautiful on the Shiny team
Data Journalist - Graphics Department
New York Times
New York, New York
2016 - 2016
- Reporter with the graphics desk covering topics in science, politics, and sport.
- Work primarily done in R, Javascript, and Adobe Illustrator.
Engineering Intern - User Experience
Dealer.com
Burlington, VT
2015 - 2015
- Built internal tool to help analyze and visualize user interaction with back-end products.
Data Science Intern
Dealer.com
Burlington, VT
2015 - 2015
- Worked with the product analytics team to help parse and visualize large stores of data to drive business decisions.
Data Artist In Residence
Conduce
Carpinteria, CA
2015 - 2014
- Envisioned, prototyped and implemented visualization framework in the course of one month.
- Constructed training protocol for bringing third parties up to speed with new protocol.
Software Engineering Intern
Conduce
Carpinteria, CA
2014 - 2014
- Incorporated d3.js to the company’s main software platform.